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tranquillity of Italy. if; in spite of all this, his Ma iea v shall Jake possession, as he has threatened, of the Papah . Porninions, respelled by all, even the most powerful . Monarchy, during the space of ten centuries and upwards, and shall overturn the Go vernment, his Holiness will be unable. to prevent this spoliation, and can only, in bitter affliCtion of heart, lament (he evil which. his Majesty will com mit hi . the sight of.. God; trusting in whose protec tion, his Holiness will remain in perfect tranquilli enjOying the consciousness of,not . having brought on this disaster by imprudence or by obstinacy, but to preserve the independence of . that Sovereignty wilcit he ought to transmit uninjured to his succes sors, as he received it ; and to maintain in its inte grify that conduit which may secure 'the universal concurrence of all Princes, so necessary to the wel fare of religion. Fir this fidelity to his'sacred duties, ,his - Holiness will, receive consolation from the . words (-,r his Divine Master, ' Blessed • are they thho are perser'uterlior righteousness' sake.' With rcspvec to the article relating to the Ells- - ;.,issal of the Cadinals, his Holiness, in the com plaints alledged, had no • need of examining the principle of their allegiance. Presuming on that treedom . which the rights of nations allow to every man, to live under that sky which is most congenial to him ; piesumina ° on that new allegiance acquired by the domicile of many years, his Holiness re marks, that primitive allegiance cannot avail against the sacred obligations undertaken by the Cardinals in the Church of God, the oaths they take on re ceiving the purple, and their .eminent office of Councillors to the Sovereign Pontiff in his spiritual concerns; and that, therefore, they cannot be torn . from hi; bosom. With regard to the cessation of the fun&ions of the Legate, and to his departure, his Holiness could hardly have expelled that they would have beethattrihuted - to the motives assigned in M. CRAM-. PA:GNY'S note. His Holiness will repeat them once rhore. After having tried every method to recall his Majesty to his previous sentiments towards the Papal See, and to concert the desirjd reparation of so many religious innovations; after .having endured, for such a length of time, with unsobdued patience, and with unalterable meekness, so many outrages and insults ; alter having seen how fruitless. were all the rernotistrances urged against the hostile proceed ings of the French ; after having peaceably: borne • the humiliation of imprisonment ; and seeing these insults, these contempts, these-violations, increase Nvith . every hoor, his _Holiness found it necessary though with the deepest regret, to determine on the recall of his Legate, in order to overthrow, at least in the face of the world, the false anti scandalous opi nion that whatever might occur, even the' most fla grant wrongs, would receive his tacit consent. In this very recall, the precise period of which could not have been anticipatea by his Holiness, he professed, along with those constant afie&icnate re h o irds t which he entertained for his Majesty ; th a t , could he but consent to the demand of the evacuation of Rome; and be satisfied with those concessions which ale compatible with the duties of his Holi ness, the' Legate might continue, in conformity 'with his instruetions, to exercise his functions. But his Majesty proved inflexible, and instead of reced iing a single step, preferred the discontinuance of the Legation, and the departure of the Pontifical Res • presen t ativ e. ,ft.iS not, therefore, hi:, Holiness who, by this hypothetical recall of his Legate, has declared war against the .rriperor ; it is the Emperor who chuses to declare war against his Holiness; and•not context With declaring it against his temporal Sovereignty, threatens .to raise in his spiritual, a' wall of divi .hztv..een the Catholics . of France and the So vereign Pontiff, in the assurance, according to M. CHAMPAGNY'S note, that the Cardinal Legate having given up his funaions, the Gallican Church resumes its dohlrine in all its integrity. • " His Holiness has. too good an opinion of the il histrious Clergy of France to doubt that the. Gallican Church, however jealous of its prerogatives, is yet ) attached to the chair of St. Peter, that it will maintain itself unshaken in its true principles, with .out asserting rights which it does not and cannot possess; nor become schismatic, by separating itself from the catholic Unity. " ft is not then—the repetition is important—it is not his Holiness who seeks the rupture. A pa cific Prince, notwithstanding he was obNged to wit ness the spoliation, in defiance of all right, of his states of Benevento and Ponte' Corvo ; notwith standing his enormous expe.nce of maintaining French troops ; notwithstanding the usurpation of Iris capital, the usurpation of almost all his sovereign rights ; • notwithstanding the violent dismissal of so many spiritual persons, composing his Holy Senate; and notwithstanding all the other ads by which his dignity has been degraded, all that his Holiness did Was to command his people, when the French army entered Lorne, to skew it respea ; all that his Ho liness di'd was to receive it in the most hospitable manner, and implore of his Majesty, in the mean time, relief from so many aggravated evils; and all that 'his Holiness n9w does in this extremity is, to rilourn: bet ‘A eeu the vestibule and the altar, invoking tlt.e pity of Heaven upou biz. people, and that -by a recut to better co - nci,els, the most potent. Emperor 1\ ApoLgot4 will not suffer the inheritance of the Ro n-tan See, given by Providence to the Head of the Catholic church in full enjoyment, td b e l os t an d # • .fpoted out.' Thus has 1,1,1 Holiness made war Thus has he condndul himself to the present hour towards his 4ajeiiy, hywerFr distressing and unfoitunate has 4'eeii the result. Still his Holiness will cherish-the tope that hip Majesty, rejetiing the Counsels of the Enemies of the Holy See, who have had recourse to every art to change his disposition, will revert to their tormor friendly correspohdence, and be satis fied with the concessions made in the Note Of 2}3th Janua`y. It, by the hidden purposes of the Most Pigh, this should not ,t4e'place, and his Majesty, regal Mess of his own glory . , and deaf to the calls of justice, shcutd pat his threats in execution, and !Ate po;session of the States of the Church by right of conquest, overturning the GovernMent in conse 7 quen c e , his fioliness will be unable to remedy such tatal occurrences; but be solemnly declares; that the first will not be a conquest, as his Holinessli in p e ac e w ith all the world, but Will be an - usurpation mire v i o l en t than history can furnish ; and, tlie'se- Cond - sill not be the result of conquest, but Qf that usurpation. He declares, at thc same, time, that it -rill not be the work of poir ical genius and nation, hilt an awful visitation of that God from whom all Sovereignty is derived, and especially that givea to the Head of the Church. " Bowing, in that resent, with profound adura-; Lion to the decrees of. Heaven, his Holiness will find consolation in refleaing, that the Creator and 'Be deemer willed these things, and that all concurs to accomplish. his purposes when his appointed time arrives. This_ is the answer which the Undersigned is commanded by his Holiness to give to the Note of M. CHAMPAGNY, and to communicate to your Ex cellency., Cardinal MAILS. ARRIVED—I Malta. Dut--1 Cottenburgh, I Dublin, 2 Waterford. PRICE. OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELY O'CLOCK. Consols - - - - 7of Oninium . . 31 THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICIRI, VALIUM AVDZAT? L 0 ND 0 N, THURSDAY; JULY 14, 1808. :."..". The Salcettc Frigate has had an aetion with ::..large Russian Frigate, in the upper part of the Baltic, when the latter struck her colours, after a short but severe engagement : the particulars have not yet been received. According to some accounts from Holland, which arrived in town, and which we ,understand reach to the gth inst. the French troops stationed in Germany have shewn a strong tendency towards an insurrec tion. These dispositions to revolt, it is said, have been more particularly manifested by those French troops which occupy ? station at Dusseldorff, and which chiefly consist of the later Conscripts. Wt have this day given the Official. Reply of the POPE to the menaces of BUONAPARTE to deprive him of all his Temporal Possessions. It is a most eloquent and able State Paper: • A very heavy firing W 23 hurd at Dove:. yesterday : it was supposed that some of our Cruizers had got too close to the French batteries. WE this morning received some Gibraltar Chro nicles, from which we have exitaeled the fcilloWing articles, relative to the check experienced by the Patriots, in the,attack 'upon General DuroNT,-- near COrdova NOTICE TO THE PUBLI.C. For the .satisfaCtion of the public, that all may. know - the real extent of the kind of misfortune which has befallen our troops . at Cordova, anti that it entirely arises from this circumstance, that the troops composed of inhabitants did not 'fight so brave as :,hey ought to have done, since, had they acquitted themselves properly, the French Army would have been completely destroyed ; and that the People may thereby be excited to Wipe' off this trifling blot from their scutcheon, by their ardour and steadiness in the field, the supreme . , Board of Government orders the publication of the two following Letters, one of which is from the Officer commanding the Van, confiBently'expeeting and enjoining every one, for the saft , v of tae Coun try, to display, in such a&ions as may be fought for the future, the discipline, vigour, and steadiness, , which have ever been charaderistic of true Spa niards, and which are so necessary, under the exist ing critical circumstances, when they become an imperious duty. " MOST SERENE SIR, ce The Rev. ANTHONY CEBnP.ROS, a Clergyman, who had at Cordova the management of the tele-, graph which had just been destroyed, presents him-. self before the' Board, at three in the morning, and relates,, that at two in the afternoon, the French be gan to batter and force the new gate of the said town, and that the action commenced about four in the morning. All the Otij.cers agree that if. the armed inhabitants had kept their ground, though ever so short a time, no. ,trace would have been left of the 'reach. The troops of the line have distinguished themselves, and more especially the PrOvincial Grenadieis, and their Commander, Don. JVAN MARIA DE MORCLES. The Staff, with a considerable part of the army under ECHAVARRI, remained, at three, in Mango Negro, with a great quantity of ammunition and ordnance, one piece of cannon excepted, which is said to be left behind in consequence or the carriage having been broken- - . which 'account; signed by the said . Clergyman, is thus laid before your Highness for,the correspond ing purpolses. . , gay God, &c. • (Signed) e. f ANTIIONY CErREROS, nnd " JOSEPH MARIA. ROI4EitA, See." " Carrn2na, Iv.nc 3, (attnit hail-past three o'clock 11191111 HO, IBA." TO HIS MOST SERF-NE HIGHNESS THE . PRrSI-T DENT ALIWSIII)IEME BOARD 01 SEVILLE. " Y.OOT SZTIENE SIB, " in conformity to the instructions which I re , the moment I Via leaving Cord‘va,- INljor ALVEAR brought me from ;cur Highnes.', and colleBing all the Troops which I found dis persed in my way, I came hack to this town at half past eleven at night to wait for your further orders.. The action which had been doubtful for two hours .Was decided in favour of the Enetny, by the precipi tate flight of the armed inhabitants, whom found it impossible to keep in their ranks. " Thc,pass of the bridge of Alcolen was glorious• ly defended, both by our artillery and the brave LA soLA, who had under his orders iop Volunteers of Carupo Mayor, and Provincial Grenadiers. I can assure your Highness that the pass cost the enemy upwards of 200 men killed and wounded, and that they lost as many more in the rencontre with our cavalry.' For our part, I will send posi tive inteiligencely your ifightess as soon as I re ceive the returns from . the respeCtive Commandants of Corps. In the mean while, from those in my hands, and' from what I have seen, I am convinced that the nL,mber of both will not amount to thirty. " May God," etc. " Zcija, tune s, !got" [Hem Mims several Signatures,2 SEVILLF, :JusE B.—The milikary ardour dig- - played in this Capital and the neighbouring Town is incredible. The latter havoc.; to send money and men, who, under their respective Officers and Co lours, fly to tender their services to this Supreme Board. Every day fresh troops are arriving from the Camps of Roth and Cadiz, which are immediately ordered to the several points of the Frontier, and to reinforce the van. Not only are the old Corps com pleting with valiant men, but hue new Regiments of Infantry have been formed, the Colonels of which are D. JOAQUIN CLAREHOUT, Don JOSIF 3,12T1NA Y. CARBANAS, D. J. MARIA MAESTRE, Knights of the Royal Maestranza of this City; D. GONZALO RAMOREZ DELOR, Intendant Commissary; and D. PRI3RO PEDROSA, Marquis of Dashermanas. They are also well provided with arms, quantities of which, as well as ammunition and warlike in struments, are continually sending to every point. Notwithstanding the great consumption of these articles, there is a sufficiency in our Maestranza, armories and stores to supply anothe' r army, Q urs consisting at present of 6'0,000 men. In the , very short time that, the Soldiers of the new :levy have been exercising, they have made such progress as to raise the surprise of the 'Vete rans, and to be scarcely credited by those who are strangers to the wonderful effects of Patriotism, and it is to be hoped our Forces increase every day, so as to insure the fulfilment of the wishes of the Country. Report. was yesterday, in. circulation, founded upon some pric - a:c Letters from the Continent, that a very serious spirit cf dissatisfa6tion had began to manifest itself at Paris, in consequence of the re cent conduct of BuogAPAtrrn towards the Spaniards. We think it right to mention this Report, as it has been repeated with some degree of confidence; hut judging from the probability of the case, we are not disposed to give it much credit. S:n THOMAS DYER and Major. Rocnt, who were lately sent from this Country to Spain, were receiv ed ,not only with every possible mark of attention and respel, but with the most erthnsiaStic arie6tion. They were lodged in the Palace of the. Prince of . , Asturias, at Oviedo, and the great Square in the front of the Palace was constantly crowded with the inhabitants, exclaiming, " Long.live England— Long live Spain—Long live GEORGE 111.--Long live FERDINAND VII.--Perdition to France and Buo- NAPARTE." It was expeaed that the Deputies would proceed immediately to join the armies : Sir T. DYER to the Galician army under General CUESTA ; and. Major ROCHE to the army on the frontiers of Astu rias, under the command of the Bishop of ST. AN DEM The French force in St. Andero and the ueighboarhood amounted to about 4500 men, - and the Patriots intended to attack them as soon as they received the supplies of arms and ammunition which Major ROCLIE took with him. All the Accounts that have been given of the Pittriet:c ,Enthusiasm which, prevails in Spain, fall far short of the fervent zeal which animates every description of the PeOple in favour of their. Country The Women• are constantly employed in providing accom4sodationa for those who enrol in the Na-' tional Cause. They are b us y, too; in maki ng Cockades for their gallturt Countrymen, 61-a deep . red colour, 'on which' the Inscription' is to this effcct :-- 1 ` We will Live or Die for our Country."— The Priests also wear 'On their headS labels, in . strihed--" Our King, .our Country, and - Oitr gion. —Never "was , a Nation engaged in a more glorious Cause, arid never were a People animated by a higher degree of Patriotic Fervour.. • We have too olio . had occasion to notiee the asperity with which the Opposition Prints 'attack the measures of Goverarmn, When it is impossible fur the Writers t) knoff whelbcr mensurei hare been right or wrong—whether they have beeo carried into effect or not—or what may have re tattled their execution. But what is still more to be condemned on the part of the Opposition Writers, he they themselves acknowledge their entire ignorance on the subjea, yet are msolved to presume that there roust be something to blame , merely because their Patrons have had no. con cern in the managetnent of the National Affairs. this conduet on the part of the Opposition Writers was particularly observable respcaing the situatioo of Sir Joint MOORR in Sweden, and the Pang Prints teemed with reflettions on the subje(it, all tending to throw the blame upon Mini sters, when it was fay evident that Ministers lir.d Wet:Wally done their duty. It arts since Pppearee, that the want of activity cn the pert of Sir Jouri . .iNfloor,, however to be regretted, did not arise iron : any negligence on the part of. Ministers,. or of that excellent OtEcer, but hoar causes wholly uriet peCted, and out of the reach of every probable con jthure ; C3LISCS upon which we do not thin proper to enlarge at this moment. The same asperity of refledtiun 1133 been direded against 117,iniztas, on account of the delay in the departure of Sir ARTHUR WELLCSLEYS Expedition, though the Opposition Writers are equally ignorant of the causes of that delay, and of the object for which it is designed. It i enough for the Writers in ques tion, that there have been reasons for retarding the Expedition, and that_those reasons have not been explained to the Public, as they do not think it oe• . cessary to conceive that there may be just grounds for the delay, as well as for concealing then" from the Public. They, indeed, think it necessary to propose a string of questions, as to the cause of delay, Brc. &c. all calculated to make the public believe that Ministers are alone to blame, But it has long since been observed, that wealC people may ask more questions in an hour than wise men can answer in years ; 2nd it is full as easy" to answer the interrogations of party, by questions in return, as it is for the party Writers to propose' their spinetic queries. We may surely as well ask, whether Ministers are not more likely to know the true state of affairs than the Opposition Writers I Whether there may not be more reasons for de' lay than for precipitation ? - Whether Minister; are not full as likely to be anxious for the exe' cutiOn and consequent success of their mea s ure , as the followers of Party ? Whether Ministers , are not folly aware of the enmity which be sure to assail them from those who want to into their places? And whether, if rneir aci;4;os originated in the highest degree of political sageeitii and were conducted by the utmost degree of politica l ability, and all prthlical zeal, those • aCticas woai 4 not be censured, and their etreas, good or bad, be' exposed to inevitable misrepresentation ? But the Public at liege judge liberally, and are not to be at . ' feted by these petty cavils of Party. We can eon' ficiently assure them that there have been sutficiet „t _reasons for the temporary delay in the d e p arture w' Sir ARTHUR WELLESLYPE Expedition, and tint when they are known, the Public will have W I cause to complain, but rather as Mach - reason to Or plaud Ministers for their caUtion in some points, t for their activity in others. Tag Fortune, KIRWAS, is arrived at Li - Aerpoal from Jamaica, which place s h e left on the t7th cf • - May, in company with the Swift, Tatmia, to , Bristol, and the Pornona,.McNituour, tt)r G 1357 gow she parted from the former on the 6 th of Jo off Heuega, and from the latter.on the I t th 0f.1125e, in lat.. '29. N. long. 69. W. The feet for Great Britain, &c. was to sail from Jamaica on the 25t4: of June, under convoy of His Majesty's Ship Ada' niant, and was to come through the Gulph. The Experiment, PROCTOR, is also arrived at verpool from St. Lucie, which place she left on the 7th of June, and brings an account that His 1 03" .jesty's hips Atelfrome nt; with the Fleet fromieuil' mouth, and the ilurora, with the Fleet frixa.Cor, had ariived at Barbadoes. A very pliant aaion has recently been performea by the Boats of the Redwing; in the Mediicrranean: they cut out two Felucca.; and a Brig thider a very heavy tire from the enemy's hatanieS. Lieut. Veit" GussoN, who cornmandtd on the .occasion, hJss been promoted to the rank of Mngfer and Cory inander ; and Mr. SHALT', the Master's Mate, Ina been made a Lieutenant. The lievenge, of 74 guns, Capt. Sir J. Gout, which sailed from Cadiz with the ::ipanish Adm'r and another Deputy from the States 01 Andalusia, .passed Plymouth throe days ago, and will no doubt reach,Spithead this day. Captain LEACH, who brought the Dispatches froal Oviedo, is to return immediately with answers to diem. This enterprising officer was the first v'bo entered Gijon,- on the breaking out cf the insurrec" tion. Lie went into that port with a flag of truce, and on his I.inding was received with the greatest demonftrationsofjoy by the inhabitants. The Go" vernor •and the Chief 'Magistrates of the piace . o)e•t him, and requested Lim to pull d own hi s tag o f truce, which was- not necessary, as he catoe i2s 3 friend, and they wished to see only-the c lourt; •